Child and Family Services (CAFS) have a long standing reputation for providing high quality and highly valued programs and services to the community. CAFS boasts a positive and respectful team culture, work life balance opportunities and significantly an annual turnover of $17mill with employee numbers exceeding 190. This is an organisation that really makes a difference within our community!
The newly created role of General Manager - Business Development leads the Business Development Unit and plays the lead role in revolutionising income stream generation for this highly recognised, 150 year old not-for-profit organisation. Responsiblities fall in the following seven key areas:
• Strategic Marketing and Operational Planning
• Fundraising, Sponsorship and Fee for Service
• Strategic and Operational support for CAFS Foundation
• Marketing, Communication and Public Relations
• Community Engagement
• Wozzles Social Enterprise and
• Healing Equine Assisted Learning (HEAL) Program.
The role will see you:
Utilising your tertiary qualification (from a related discipline) along with your astute commercial abilities and flair for business development; you will drive and optimise current revenue streams, while creatively identifying new opportunities within the region.
Your direct reports are in the areas of Marketing & Communications, Community Engagement, Wozzles and HEAL and with the support of a dedicated administrator you will help each area understand how their unit contributes to the overall strategic objectives of CAFS by displaying a dynamic and inclusive leadership style.
Your profile:
You are a savvy, astute and community focused business professional. Your career has seen you develop an intimate understanding of how a business can seize opportunities to maximise funding opportunities through both existing and new business ideas. You are able to lead, persuade and - your relationship building capabilities are second to none.
To succeed in this position your values will align with those of CAFS (Wisdom, Ethics, Community, Accountable, Respect and Empowerment) as these core values are lived throughout the organisation.